26 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1899
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR item lists five actors and a streaming scene titled XAS. The readable portion mentions a production with names and a setting but lacks clear dates or locations to confirm full details.
Washington reports gratified officials say insurgent strength in the Philippines has waned since the November campaign. American garrisons hold key ports in Northern Luzon and Otis plans to open northern trade ports. Aguinaldo reportedly moves south toward a large force while U S columns sweep northern mountains. General Oda to strike in Southern Luzon as authorities seek to crush remaining resistance.
Two unknown young men were driven to the Niagara Falls cliff on the Canadian side and lowered to the promenade. They did not return. footprints traced to the end of the promenade showed signs of a body in the snow. Darkness halted the search. police consider the case possibly murder or double suicide.
Archb. Corrigan transmits a papal decree to New York clergy limiting mixed marriages during the jubilee year. Priests may not grant dispensations to Catholic Protestant marriages in 1900. bishops must refer to Rome, with the pope suspending local faculties for the year.
War department statistics show relief efforts in Puerto Rico from Sept 25 to Nov 30, 1890. Population about 6,926. average weekly sickness 17 a72. deaths 682 weekly. deaths per 1000 at 36. Food relief totaled 17 162 788 pounds with 16 948 916 issued by Nov 30. Cash relief 15 224. disbursements 7417. Mountain districts suffer highest mortality. cane and coffee crops influence aid needs as plantations recover.
A region with about 260000 people faces starvation as food moves by horse and 10000 must be fed. Pestilence follows floods and drought. 2000 additional tons of rice beans and codfish bacon are needed. Public works and a charity planter plan pair aid with land huts and labor for food delivery and transportation.
Washington notes report the Lawton fund total at 14529 dollars and 55 cents by Christmas noon with a hopeful note it may hit fifty thousand. The piece also notes the death of Bushrod Underwood aged 41 and cites commendations from General R E B Lee and Colonel John Mosby for his coolness and courage in the army of Northern Virginia.
A strong quake centered near San Jacinto hit Southern California causing damaged brick buildings, toppled chimneys, and several injuries. At Saboba reservation six squaws died from collapsing walls. other California cities reported severe shocks with little reported property damage.
Receiver Wits reports to Comptroller Dawes that the Broadway bank reopening deadline, set to expire tomorrow night, has been extended by one week, delaying the bank’s potential restart.
London dispatches report rising Dutch disaffection in Cape Colony and Natal as British forces contend with horse sickness and casualties. The Times notes strategic maneuvers around Ladysmith and Colenso while the United States weighs contraband flour seizures and potential damages.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hay directing a thorough probe into alleged seizures by British cruisers of multiple American flour cargoes near Delagoa Bay South Africa. Instructions were sent to the American consul at Lorenzo Marques to investigate and report back.
In Pretoria on December 17 the government pursues the Churchill escape incident with a house search for incriminating papers. Officials say they are working to uncover how the escape occurred while noting the November gold output reached 61,188 ounces.
A. K. E. Stilwell retires from the presidency of the Guardian Trust Company of Chicago, Kansas City. The firm, formerly the Missouri Kansas and Texas Trust, reshaped under new capital and leadership with Chicago as headquarters. Sources indicate a contentious executive committee meeting preceded the resignation and future leadership decisions.
General Youne named military governor of Northwestern Luzon with headquarters at Vigan. His force includes the Thirty-third Infantry under Colonel Hare and the Third Cavalry. Stations to be opened at San Fernando and Laoag with outposts as needed. Sixteenth Infantry to Apuch to garrison Cayayan Sechel and Nueva Vizcaya under Colonel Hood. Civil municipal governments to be set up and trade to open around January 1.
A fierce snow storm with a 40 mile gale sweeps Northern Ohio and Lake Erie. The thermometer shows 10 above as street car traffic stalls from heavy drifts and trunk line trains run late across Cleveland.
Actor Roland Reed is seriously ill at St. Luke's Hospital with appendicitis. His holiday road engagements have been canceled. By tonight the operation had been performed and surgeons had not decided on a second procedure. Hope for recovery remains.
London cable reports seven more deaths from enteric fever at White's garrison in Ladysmith with typhoid and dysentery blamed on unsanitary water. Cannon abandonment and British defeats are cited in the same dispatches, though War Office offers no comment.
Official Boer dispatches from Tugela River recount a decisive clash with British forces. They describe fierce artillery exchanges, heavy Mauser fire, and British retreat after multiple frontal assaults. Casualties and prisoners are noted, with an armistice granted for 24 hours.
The East and West Alabama railway has reportedly been purchased by Lee Higgins & Co of Boston for the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham railroad. The line from Cartersville Georgia to Pell City Alabama covers 120 miles and will be extended into Birmingham. Purchase price cited as 1 250 000 with Seaboard Air Line to operate jointly.
The Knights of Zion convened in Chicago on December 25 with Grand Master B. Horwich presiding. Resolutions were adopted condemning factions and reaffirming the order, with elections held and plans announced.
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